Protastúnach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Pratastúnach (Cois Fharraige)
- Protastún (noun)
Etymology
[edit]From English Protestant + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠɾˠɔt̪ˠəsˠˈt̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠɔt̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠuːn̪ˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠɾˠʌt̪ˠəsˠt̪ˠun̪ˠa(h)/
Adjective
[edit]Protastúnach (genitive singular masculine Protastúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Protastúnaí, plural Protastúnacha, comparative Protastúnaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Protastúnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Protastúnach | Phrotastúnach | Protastúnacha; Phrotastúnacha² | |
| Vocative | Phrotastúnaigh | Protastúnacha | ||
| Genitive | Protastúnaí | Protastúnacha | Protastúnach | |
| Dative | Protastúnach; Phrotastúnach¹ |
Phrotastúnach; Phrotastúnaigh (archaic) |
Protastúnacha; Phrotastúnacha² | |
| Comparative | níos Protastúnaí | |||
| Superlative | is Protastúnaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- Protastúnachas (“Protestantism”)
- eitic Phrotastúnach (“Protestant work ethic”)
Noun
[edit]Protastúnach m (genitive singular Protastúnaigh, nominative plural Protastúnaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Protastúnach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Protastúnach | Phrotastúnach | bProtastúnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Protastúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “protestant”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Protastúnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Protastúnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Protastúnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024